CVE-2017-8587: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 5.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Explorer in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511 allows a denial of service vulnerability when it attempts to open a non-existent file, aka "Windows Explorer Denial of Service Vulnerability".

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only
• Microsoft Windows 7: any version
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only

Published 2017-07-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.